van Minh Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
van Minh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van Minh (169) may also be a first name.
van Minh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Minh Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Minh is most common in Malaysia. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Minh? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Minh is the 4,649,889th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 61 percent of van Minh reside; 61 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 33 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 703,581st most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 169 people.
It is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia van Minh is most prevalent in: Kuala Lumpur, where 67 percent reside and Johor, where 33 percent reside. Not including Malaysia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van-Minh | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Main | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Mines | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Mieny | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Meines | 78 | 29 | / |
| van Michem | 78 | 8 | / |
| van Mean | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Meene | 71 | 48 | / |
| van Muysen | 67 | 79 | / |
| van Meesen | 67 | 26 | / |
| van Messen | 67 | 7 | / |
| von Menge | 59 | 11 | / |
| von Menes | 59 | 1 | / |
| van Messem | 56 | 102 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Minh
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